FIFA World Cup 2018 match updates: Brazil 2-0 Serbia

The five-times world champions comfortably reached the World Cup last 16 after Paulinho and Thiago Silva scored in each half to give them a 2-0 win over Serbia who were eliminated in Wednesday's match.

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Moscow: Brazil finished off their last match in Group E of FIFA World Cup 2018 beating Serbia 2-0 at Spartak Stadium on Wednesday. The five-times world champions comfortably reached the World Cup last 16 after Paulinho and Thiago Silva scored in each half to give them a 2-0 win over Serbia who were eliminated. Brazil will face Mexico in the second round. Paulinho broke the deadlock in the 36th minute when he timed his run perfectly to reach Philippe Coutinho's lofted through pass and flick the ball over goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic. Serbia forward Aleksandar Mitrovic had two excellent chances to equalise with close-range headers in the second half before Brazil defender Thiago Silva sealed the game with a near-post header from a corner in the 68th minute.

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Fulltime! Brazil 2-0 Serbia, Switzerland 2-1 Costa Rica

90+3 minute: A spectacular interplay between Jesus and Neymar but the Brazilian star player is foiled by Stojkovic

3 minutes of stoppage time!

90 minute: No more hope left for the Serbians, it seems. Three more minutes and they will have to head to the airport

89 minute: Serbian substitution, Jovic replaces Mitrovic

87 minutes: Meanwhile, Switzerland hits the bar again. They are leading in the other Group E match, Switzerland 2-1 Costa Rica

Brazil seem to finish comfortably becoming the winner in the game as well as cementing their position at the top of Group E

84 minute: Willian gets a pass and deflects it to Neymar who shoots it from a distance but the ball bounces over the bar

As things stand, Brazil will take on Mexico while Switzerland will face Sweden

82 minute: Another substitution for Serbia, Radonjic on, Kostic off

81 minute: Substitution for Brazil, Renato Augusto on, Coutinho off

78 minute: Serbia are taking it easy. Not pressing hard, they seem to have given up

Pre-tournament favourites Brazil haven't been at their best in the first two games, playing out a 1-1 draw against the Swiss and having to wait until injury time to finally secure the goals and the win against lowly Costa Rica. Although the manner of victory should give them a lot of confidence, Brazil are expected to be unchanged from the side that beat Costa Rica.

Serbia, meanwhile, are coming into the game on the back of a deflating 1-2 loss to Switzerland. Serbia were leading for much of the first half courtesy Aleksandar Mitrovic's goal in the fifth minute. But twin strikes from Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri took the game away from them. They will have to lift their game by few notches against Brazil who have the likes of Phillipe Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus to cause more than worry.